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TIL There are over 700 different brands of bottled water sold in the United States

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R7vva TIL of Mustapha Khaznadar, an ethnic Greek abducted and enslaved by the Ottomans as a child, who later went on to become Prime Minister of Tunisia. He was one of the most influential people in modern Tunisian history.
8rwG TIL that for Easter in the Czech Republic, men use braided willows to whip women’s buttocks. Said women then thank the men for ensuring their beauty and vitality, and reward them with chocolate or a shot of plum brandy.
N7LKe TIL After the final battle of the Appomattox Court House that ended the US Civil War, as Lee and Grant were finishing terms of surrender, Lee turned to Grant's aide, a Seneca named Ely Parker, and remarked "It is good to have one real American here." Parker replied, "Sir, we are all Americans."
Wka8A TIL During the Vietnam War, an Army aviator scored an air-to-air kill by shooting down a MiG from his fixed-wing Mohawk observer aircraft. The kill was kept secret since U.S. military doctrine stated that the Air Force has sole control of air superiority.
eL66 TIL McDonald’s tried to sue a man legally named Ronald McDonald for running his family restaurant by the same name in 1956. The real Ronald won.